Guard for bedsteads



(No Model.)

L. J. SHELLEY.

GUARD FOR BEDSTEAIDE.

Patented July 7, 1886.

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BY ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES 5 be applied to a bedstead of any style.

UNITED STATES Parent @rrren.

LOUISA J. SHELLEY, OF KEOKUK, IOYVA.

GUARD FOR BEDSTEADS.

SPECEFICATION fcimisig part of Letters Patent No, 321,649. dated July 7,1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUISA J. SHELLEY, of Keokuk, in the county of Leeand State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved 5 Guard forBedsteads, of which the following is a full, clear. and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to furnish a simple and convenient devicefor preventing children from falling out of bed, and also for retainingthe bed-clothes in place. To these ends I make a guard of flexiblematerial, attached 011 bars and titted to the side rail of the bed in amanner to allow of its being readily raised and lowered, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification. in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective v ew of a bedstead provided with the guards,and Fig. 2 is a crosssection through one rail of the bedstead.

The guards A are shown as applied to abedst-ead of plain character, butcan readily Each guard consists of a strip, a, of canvas. cloth, carpet,or other flexible material, either plain or ornamented, attached on itslonger sides to bars I) b, that are of a length to extend from thehead-board to the foot-board. The bot tom bar 1) projects beyond theflexible material so that it can be attached at its ends to the head andfoot posts directly, or to anxiliary posts 0, that I prefer to use. Whenthe posts 0 are used,they will be attached to a block secured either ontheside rails or to the head and foot boards, so as to offset the postscfrom the moldings. Hooks, as shown at 0, may be used to fasten theposts to the blocks. O11 their upper ends are knobs, hooks, or ca chesf, adapted for receiving and holding the ring or loops on the ends ofcords 9. that are con nccted to the top bars 2) of guards A, so as toretain the guards in their raised posit-ion. with springs for thepurpose of straining the guards. In Fig. 2 a spring-bolt is shown forthat purpose.

It will be seen that when the guards are not required, or duringtheday,either one or both can be let down, rolled up, and tucked underthe mattress out of the way. \Vhen raised, they serve as a perfect guardagainst a child falling, andalso prevent the e1 thes from dragging tothe door.

Havi n g th us described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by LettersPatent- The springholding device f, and the cords 9,combined with the flexible guards A on a bedstead, substantially asdescribed.

LOUISA J. SHELLEY. lVitnesses:

SARAH WnLeH, CHARLES L. STEXVART.

These knobs or catches maybe fitted

